Spring 2017
The Save A Smile Program provides dentures based on a sliding scale fee to clients in need of significant dental work to improve the overall health of the client while increasing self-esteem and chances of employment.
Spring 2017
By purchasing new equipment, Columbia Oral Health Clinic will be able to expand its hours and allow for more patient visits. This will improve the oral health status of the uninsured and underinsured of this client population of the Midlands.
Spring 2017
The Communities in Schools will provide a tiered model of services to help students gain necessary skills for personal and academic growth, and to minimize the impact physical and mental health issues can have on students in the classroom.
Spring 2017
This project will combine culinary training for school district food service staff, a Healthy Young People Empowerment (HYPE) team and a community coalition to increase student and community engagement in food and cafeteria changes, promoting healthier foods.
Spring 2017
East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO) aims to improve chronic disease management for uninsured adults by pairing health coaching from nurse practitioners with healthy eating education. This grant will allow the Partners in HealthCare clinic to expand its hours, increasing the number of people receiving care. It will also offer Cooking Matters classes to educate participants on healthier food options and cooking methods.
Spring 2017
Partnering with the community paramedicine program in select low-income neighborhoods in Greenville County, Rebuild Upstate will address the health and safety needs of patient homes by building ramps, removing moldy carpet, etc. Rebuild Upstate will be able to make necessary repairs in the homes of patients participating in the community paramedicine program to improve their health statuses.
Spring 2017
This grant aims to alleviate the barriers of transportation and affordability of oral health screening and prevention services of a mobile care dental unit for low-income children in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties.
Fall 2017
To expand the knowledge base of key drivers of neglect and abuse and to develop community-level resources that will facilitate community action to prevent and mitigate the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
Fall 2017
To build on experiences from Let’s Go communities by strengthening the guidance and support from staff and by providing smaller implementation grants to reach more communities in South Carolina.
Fall 2017
To train health coaches to increase patient accountability and management of chronic diseases.
Fall 2017
To build a collaborative “pipeline” model focused on preparing minority students for entry and success in medical school.
Fall 2017
To establish the first Paramedic-to-RN Bridge program in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina.
Fall 2017
To continue and improve efforts of decreasing unintended pregnancies among 17-19 year old females.
Fall 2017
To support charitable free clinics to provide direct health care services to an under-served population otherwise lacking access to health care services.
Fall 2017
To address food insecurity for low-income residents in rural areas through increased accessibility of healthier foods and nutritional education.
Fall 2017
To increase medication adherence among low income individuals by minimizing barriers of prescription cost and transportation.
Advance Care Planning
Spring 2016
A grant will be used to develop a strategic plan to promote advanced care planning (ACP) in the state. ACP considers necessary medical decisions and develops a care plan when a patient is no longer able to speak for themselves. Key partners will convene to determine best practices to educate physicians and South Carolina residents on ACP. An increase in the number of ACPs will ensure patient needs are met and increase the quality of services during end-of-life care.
Spring 2016
Closing the Gap in Healthcare, Inc. was awarded a grant to improve health literacy in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties. The goal is to create and deliver health literacy messages through the media that are easy to understand and culturally sensitive. Improving the health literacy of under-served populations can increase knowledge and understanding of the importance of health care services and increase health outcomes overall.
Spring 2016
The Columbia Oral Health Clinic provides free oral exams to uninsured and underinsured patients living with HIV/AIDS. In 2013, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) ranked Columbia, SC 14 among the nation's metropolitan areas for new HIV/AIDS cases annually. Most dental clinics across the state do not provide services to patients with HIV/AIDS and the Columbia Oral Health Clinic is the only dental clinic in the city serving this population. The Foundation provided a grant to assist with the upgrade of equipment to better serve these individuals. This will reduce infection and increase overall patient health.
Spring 2016
Greenwood Genetic Center will advance autism research statewide by developing a blood test to diagnose autism. This test would be a first in the world. Identification of certain metabolic abnormalities will provide targets for developing treatment strategies and early intervention for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Based on data from the CDC, 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This test will allow all children in South Carolina, including those in rural and under-served communities, to receive early detection and treatment.
Spring 2016
Healthy Learners will collaborate with 10 school districts in Allendale, Dillon, Georgetown, Greenwood, Lexington and Richland counties to ensure children in need receive health care services. The poverty rate of families with children in these areas is 7 percent higher than the state average. This three-year grant will assist Healthy Learners to provide vision and oral screenings, medications and transportation to clinic appointments for children in these school districts.
Spring 2016
Impact America uses innovative vision screening technology for children ages 6 months to 5 years old. The three-year grant will assist Impact America in providing free vision screenings using high-tech digital cameras in Head Start sites and child care centers of low-income populations in 31 counties. Providing vision screenings to these young children will better prepare them to begin school by addressing vision problems. Additionally, Impact America with SC Thrive will train individuals to provide tax preparation services to low-income, working families. This program will ensure families receive the tax credits and assistance programs they need.
Spring 2016
The Institute for Child Success will use a three-year grant to complete a landscape study on the current protective services of Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) in South Carolina. Ultimately, this research will help promote the success of South Carolina’s youth by producing research and policy recommendations focused on eliminating toxic stress. The KIDS COUNT Data Book found that 29 percent of children under the age of 5 in South Carolina are in poverty. This can lead to toxic stress environments. Toxic stress is caused by long-term exposure to high-stress situations that lead to lifelong health problems. This grant will seek to understand and lessen the effects of toxic stress in children.
Spring 2016
Each year in South Carolina around 2,000 children receive a burn injury. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has been awarded a two-year grant to develop a burn education and prevention phone app. This app will educate caregivers on the burn healing process, increase access to medical care for burned children and teach users about burn injury prevention. Since the MUSC Burn Program is the only pediatric burn center in the state, the phone app will serve an additional 150 patients and increase access to the vital burn treatment tools MUSC provides in rural areas, decreasing burn incidence in the state.
Spring 2016
Palmetto Palace will receive a grant to increase access to health care services through technology and telehealth. Telehealth uses technology to deliver virtual medical services. A mobile health van will service Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Colleton and Allendale counties where 20 percent of residents had no health insurance in 2012, compared to a nationwide average of 14.8 percent The Community Health Needs Assessment Survey showed that the greatest barrier to accessing medical and services was transportation. The mobile health van will provide access to preventive care services, reducing the dependence on hospitals and financial strain of these services.
Spring 2016
Utilizing the funds received from its Foundation grant, the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) will create a pilot program in Greenville, York and Lee counties to enable caseworkers to update and access case files remotely while on site visits. Currently, the average length of time between a site visit and when it is documented is 10 days. This program will allow for real-time updates, assisting case managers to make informed and timely decisions in the best interest of children and families.
Spring 2016
South Carolina Pharmacy Foundation Inc. will address opioid abuse in South Carolina through a two-year grant. Opioids are medicines prescribed to relieve pain. In South Carolina the mortality rate from drug overdose has tripled from 1999 to 2010, with the majority of deaths caused by prescription medications, like opioids. This program will educate health care providers on the proper management of opioid addiction to prevent over-prescribing opioids. The organization will also raise public awareness of this issue through social media to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths.
Spring 2016
The University of South Carolina (USC) Center for Colon Cancer Research (CCCR) has made an impact across the state by providing increased access to colorectal screenings for the medically underserved and uninsured. CCCR was awarded a two-year grant to introduce fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in remote counties that they do not currently serve. The National Cancer Institute found these unserved counties experience a 20 percent higher mortality rate from colorectal cancer than the rest of the state. CCCR seeks to address this through increased screening and early detection of an additional 375 patients. Since FIT can be done at home, more people can be screened, reducing the occurrence and mortality of colorectal cancer.
Spring 2016
A strong health care workforce is needed for community members to receive access to health care services. USC Salkehatchie will use its grant to prepare nursing students for realistic situations using a state-of-the-art simulation lab. This lab will provide access to experimental methods of clinical education to train 70 nursing students who will directly affect nearly 110,000 people living in the region.
Fall 2016
Abbeville County Emergency Services received a grant to expand their Community Paramedic Program to include children's services. Currently, the program addresses chronic health problems in adults. Through this program, families with children will receive home visits from community paramedics. The paramedics will perform safety inspections, monitor potential health issues and assist parents in understanding their children’s conditions, including special needs and chronic conditions such as asthma. Access to pediatricians and OB/GYNs is limited in Abbeville County. This program will increase health care access for residents of different ages.
Fall 2016
Greenville Technical College received a grant to purchase equipment to train Nursing Refresher and Medical Assistant students on correct prescription administration. Nearly one in five medication doses administered in hospitals are given in error. The upgraded equipment will better equip individuals in the programs to enter or re-enter the work force. This will help lower medication administration errors.
Fall 2016
Harvest Hope Food Bank will address childhood hunger with a grant to up-fit a production kitchen. The kitchen will serve 3,500 food-insecure children in the Midlands at Kids Café sites, which provide food to low-income children in after school programs. Harvest Hope strives to decrease food insecurity for the 101,000 children under the age of 17 who are food insecure in the Midlands area and minimize the risks that come with food insecurity, including toxic stress and developmental delays.
Fall 2016
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg, Inc. will collaborate with Spartanburg County school districts, churches and other community organizations to provide school-based oral health care to nearly 25,000 low-income children. The awarded grant will allow them to address the need for emergent and preventive pediatric dental care in Spartanburg County. One in five children screened in the county needs immediate dental care.
Fall 2016
Midlands Housing Alliance (Transitions) is implementing a regional process for picking up unused and excess food from major food sources throughout the Midlands. This will improve the quantity and nutritional quality of meals for its homeless clients. Access to healthy, nutritious and consistent meals is a major concern for many economically disadvantaged and homeless individuals. Through this initiative, establishing broad and reliable sources of reclaimed food will help provide nutritious meals to clients.
Fall 2016
Sistercare, Inc. will use its awarded grant to ensure that its clients receive medical care and education on managing their health once they transition from from Sistercare's services. Women who experience abuse often have undiagnosed health problems or limited access to health care. A health services coordinator will assist abused women with getting the care they need through case management and collaboration with medical clinics and hospitals throughout the Midlands.
Fall 2016
South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) seeks to expand awareness among South Carolina’s nonprofits of the non-health factors that influence health. These factors can include education, community safety, and family and social support. This grant will allow SCANPO to assess the need and the opportunity to educate nonprofits on the roles they could have in improving the overall health of their communities.
Fall 2016
The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Charleston aims to prevent unnecessary vision loss in pre-kindergarten, low-income children in Charleston County. This grant will help provide more than 1,500 Charleston children with in-school eye screenings. Those that do not pass will be offered a full eye exam by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist. They will also receive prescription eyeglasses, if needed. Helping these children get the eye care they need at an earlier age will better equip them to succeed in school, as well as reduce their likelihood of experiencing advanced vision impairment.
Fall 2016
The Family Effect has received a grant to launch a pilot project focused on the mental and behavioral health of children in the Greenville County Juvenile Detention Center. An estimated 1,100 children will receive a behavioral health assessment. The assessment will then be given to judges and case workers to inform sentencing and connect children to needed mental health and substance abuse services. The goal is to reduce recidivism and increase access to care for these children. By addressing the mental and behavioral needs of the child, the Family Effect and the corrections system can offer them a higher chance of success and reduce repeat offenses.
Fall 2016
The University of South Carolina Arnold School Of Public Health seeks to increase the physical activity levels of young children in South Carolina child care centers by providing research-based, online training to child care providers across the state. This innovative program encourages providers to incorporate physical activity into the children’s daily activities. Less than half of America’s children are meeting the current guideline of three or more hours of physical activity per day. Children need this level of activity to support good health and normal development.
Fall 2016
United Way of the Piedmont will assist in expanding the Mental Health America of Greenville County Reassurance Line into Spartanburg County. This project will increase access to mental health care by providing a phone-based, case management program for clients with behavioral and mental health issues. Case workers and trained peer support workers will check in with clients throughout the day and connect clients to needed mental health care resources. The program will improve quality of life and reduce mental health crises in a county experiencing a mental health care worker shortage.
Spring 2015
To support a nurse practitioner for forensic interviews with at-risk children.
Spring 2015
To conduct forensic interviews and medical exams for abused and neglected children.
Spring 2015
To implement an early intervention treatment model that can more quickly identify strategies to manage symptoms resulting from child maltreatment.
Spring 2015
To hire three community paramedics as part of a team, which includes a social worker. The team will work in five low-income neighborhoods to address basic medical and other health needs. This will result in the right care at the right time and place.
Spring 2015
To support the Levi S. Kirkland, Sr., M.D. Scholarship Fund for in-state minority students. This will increase physician workforce diversity.
Spring 2015
To establish a doctoral track for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program. This includes scholarships for members of the initial class of students.
Spring 2015
To support current clients and to increase capacity to serve more low-income, first-time mothers.
Spring 2015
To bring together Latina mothers, their medical home team and culturally specific community health workers to address the causes of early childhood obesity.
Spring 2015
To use six community paramedics to improve access to care and redirect improper utilization of health care resources of economically vulnerable individuals. This will be through the implementation of a countywide, mobile, integrated health care collaborative.
Spring 2015
To launch a mobile food truck to distribute warm meals to low-income children. This will reduce the impact of food insecurity on the health of the district's students.
Spring 2015
To provide a revolving source of low-interest loans for the creation of healthy food access points in rural communities.
Spring 2015
To enhance behavioral health, dental, prescription and medical services for uninsured adults at free clinics.
Spring 2015
To address the root causes of poor health in rural communities.
Spring 2015
To provide scholarships for students in the graduate psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program. The focus is on improving access to mental health services in underserved communities.
Fall 2015
To increase vision health awareness, restore vision to as many individuals as possible, as well as reduce the incidences of unnecessary and irreversible vision loss.
Fall 2015
To reduce the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) which can reduce subsequent negative health, social and economic outcomes.
Fall 2015
To conduct a pilot project to offer a diabetes prevention program (DPP) to low-income individuals, at community locations to prevent diabetes.
Fall 2015
To create an expanded school mental health model in under-served elementary schools to address a continuum of mental health needs, which is part of a school-family-community partnership, designed to improve mental, behavioral and educational outcomes.
Spring 2014
To fund daily operations of the convalescent housing programs and hire a full-time registered nurse to provide primary and preventive health care to clients.
Spring 2014
To support ongoing communication, outreach and training efforts.
Fall 2014
A one-year grant to enhance the Triple Play Healthy Habits program for three years. It helps clubs meet national healthy eating and physical activity standards at 45 after-school sites, reaching 5,200 students.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant fund scholarship for nursing students who commit to work in home-based nursing.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant to expand www.LetsGoSC.org mapping statewide and replicate the Let's Go Colleton County program with other proven community-based ideas in six new counties.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant for the South Carolina Surgical Quality system. The goal is to improve the quality of 15 surgical procedures.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant for a pilot emergency dental clinic serving an estimated 1,900 uninsured patients five days per week, at two locations.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant to aid plans to increase dental services on Johns Island.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant to support the implementation of a national model to improve policies and processes at 12-18 clinical sites, in several communities.
Fall 2014
A three-year grant to support and implement a quality improvement initiative. It will gather, assess and analyze health-related fitness education, testing, data management and reporting for all South Carolina Public Schools, impacting 740,000 students.